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The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues


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Ragtime had a profound influence on many early blues performers who strived to reproduce its complicated piano sounds on guitar. With its faster rhythm and good-time feel, this danceable style was performed with mesmerizing skill by blues greats such as Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Boy Fuller.

Tracklist

A1 Blind Willie McTell– Southern Can Is Mine 3:14
A2 Willie Walker – South Carolina Rag (Take 2) 3:09
A3 Blind Boy Fuller– Piccolo Rag 2:51
A4 Blind Blake– Blind Arthur's Breakdown 3:03
A5 Papa Charlie Jackson– Drop That Sack 2:33
A6 Bo Carter– Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me 2:14
A7 William Moore – Ragtime Millionaire 3:11
B1 Allen Brothers– Salty Dog Blues 3:09
B2 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Beggin' Back 2:52
B3 Big Bill Broonzy– Guitar Rag 2:55
B4 Mississippi John Hurt– Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied 2:52
B5 Reverend Gary Davis– Have More Faith In Jesus 3:07
B6 Buddy Boy Hawkins– Raggin' The Blues 2:30
B7 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Money Never Runs Out 2:49